Demi Moore Quotes

I was kind of scared of failing at acting.

The biggest enemy of any actor is fear.

Almost every actor goes into almost every picture very frightened. He is positive he really can't do it. The bigger the star, the more frightened he is.

I'm scared of rehearsals, I'm scared of doing all this because I don't feel like I'm an actress.

I think fear is one of the natural states of most actors, to be honest.

I'd been shy since childhood, constantly full of self-doubt. And as an actor, I'd been so scared of failing that I made my career - and myself - a big joke.

I have fear, always, on the set. Insecurity to the point where the first week I always think I could be fired. I think that's a fear most actors have.

The only thing I can do is act, but it's not something I even feel comfortable doing. It costs me a lot, because I'm a shy person, even if I don't look it.

I can't act!

I find actors a little bit too self-conscious.

I worry a lot about what people think. I worry people think I'm not helping them enough, that they don't like my music, that I'm playing a song too fast or talking too fast. I worry my wife isn't happy with our relationship... I'm afraid somebody's going to take my career away from me. That it's going to go away, or I'm going to get fired.

It's a phobia I have. I never assume I'm going to be able to write another album after I finish one.

I was afraid that if I said, 'Yes, I'm an actor,' what would happen if I was bad at it?

As an actor, you always feel like you're not going to work again. You're always unsure about how things are going to work out, and you start thinking you're going to just fade off into the distance.

I was scared of failure, of being a one-hit wonder, never being able to write another song again, never being able to sing again. Maybe everything that I think I am and who I want to be never will happen.

One of the reasons that I needed to become an actor was that I didn't have any self-confidence.

Acting is embarrassing.

It's great to know you've earned your place and to know that you are right for the role because my biggest fear is being offered something and showing up on set and doing one day and everyone going, "Oh geez, oh no, this isn't, she isn't.." and feeling that way myself.

I have a fear of failure.

Fear is the ultimate cause of failure and disappointment.

I am not one of those actresses who loves acting.

I lack confidence as an actor.

I'm a bit of a fraud, really, as I didn't study acting at a drama school.

I've had some ambivalent feelings about being an actor. I don't know that I've ever been totally and completely comfortable with it.

I can plunk out enough chords to write a song, but I'm completely afraid to play guitar in front of other people. It's a fear of failure, I guess.